St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-11
A FUNNY ROW.
Arrest of Members of the Chau-
tauQua Assembly.

JAMESTOWN. n. Y, Aug. 10.-The an
nual convention of the Chautuaqua As
sembly association yesterday broke up in
a row between the authorities of the as
sOciatiOn and the cottage holders. About
200 people attended and the meeting
was presided over by President Miller.
According to the Secretary'S report, last
year was the most prosperous i'll the
history of the assembly. Following the
report came the annual election. and
Just here the row came in. 1t was
agreed, after considerable Squabbling.
to permit cottage holders to vote. but
no proxies were accepted. A. G. Wade,
of jamestown, who OWNS cottage, but
whose name was not recorded
on the books, was refused a vote,
although he had the deed with him.
After considerable discussion President
Miller ruled that Mr.. Wade could not
vote. Then came cheers and Kisses,
and finally Miller refused to put mo-
ton by Wade, appealing from the de-
cision of the chair. Wade then put the
motion himself, and his position was
sustained by large vote. Everybody
tried to talk, and there was utter con-
fusion. President Miller declared the
meeting adjourned, but Mr.. Wade
moved that Mr.. Gale, of Chautauqua,
be made chairman of the meeting,
which motion was carried. PreSi-
dent Miller ordered a police
man to arrest Wade. The officer
did not obey. Mr.. Gale took the chair.
and Wade moved the repeal of some
portions of the bylaws. As Gale at
tempted to put the motion he was ar
rested and dragged from the platform.
Wade was also arrested, and the meet
ing broke up in the widest confusion.
The c0ttagerS are excited and indig-
nant, and lively time is expected.
Presidential Pardons.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-The presi-
dent to-day acted on applications for
pardOnS in three cases. The first case
was that of William Sweeney, convicted
i'll February, 1885, of robbery, and SEN
fenced to five years in the Albany pen
itentiary. The president endorsed the
application as follows:
Granted. 1t is represented to me that the
convict was good soldier during the war,
and was honorably discharged for disability:
that he had never been accused of crime be-
fore, and he was, before his Imprisonment,
the sole support of his aged and decrepit
mother. She now earnestly pleads for her
sons release, and he has served more than
half his sentence.
The second case was that of Donald
Smiley, who was convicted Oct. 20,
1888, of cOunterfeiting, and sentenced
to five years Imprisonment in the
Detroit house of correction. A
pardon was granted in his case
because the convict is in the last
stages of consumption, and has but
short time to live. The third was Oscar
J. Bosey, convicted in Texas of embez-
Zling money order funds, and sentenced
in March last to six months imprisOn-
ment. The president indorsed the ap-
plicatien as follows:
Denied. can really find no substantial
reason presented for the pardon of this con-
vict, and the sympathy felt for all young
men of prior good character who commit
crime and then feel most keenly their con-
viction and sentence ought not to weigh in
favor of those who betray public trust and
violate official duty. Something is due in
such case to the protection Of the public
service